Journal
JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A
Volume 1263, Issue -, Pages 1-6Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2012.09.016
Keywords
Nanometer and micron-sized zeolite imidazolate frameworks 8; Sanitation-assisted emulsification microextraction coupled to vortex-assisted porous membrane-protected micro-solid-phase extraction; Water analysis
Funding
- Singapore National Research Foundation under its Environmental & Water Technologies Strategic Research Programme
- NUS
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Mixed zeolitic imidazolate framework 8 (ZIF-8) (nanometer and micron-sized) material were synthesized and applied as sorbent to sonication-assisted emulsification microextraction coupled to vortex-assisted porous membrane-protected micro-solid-phase extraction (SAE-VA-mu-SPE) of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from water samples. Better extraction results was obtained by using the mixed sorbent for the extraction of PAHs from aqueous samples, than either nanometer or micron-sized ZIF-8 separately. The developed method proved to be a time-saving, highly efficient (total extraction procedure was less than 10 min), accurate and robust method for water sample pretreatment. Parameters influencing the extraction efficiency such as desorption solvent, extraction solvent volume, emulsification time, desorption time and salt concentration were investigated and optimized. The limits of detection from gas chromatography-mass spectrometric analysis of six PAHs after SAE-VA-mu-SPE ranged between 0.004 and 0.011 ng/ml. The linear ranges were from 0.05 to 50 ng/ml, and the correlation coefficient was higher than 0.9943. The proposed method provides an interesting and innovative approach of combining different microscale sample preparation methods to solve analytical problems that are not easily addressed by the individual procedure alone. (C) 2012 Elsevier By. All rights reserved.
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